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Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal

Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal is a soundtrack album by American singer Vonda Shepard, featuring music from the American television series Ally McBeal. It was released on November 9, 1999, by Epic Records, 550 Music, and Sony Music Soundtrax.

Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal
Soundtrack album by
Vonda Shepard
ReleasedNovember 9, 1999
StudioGroove Masters (Santa Monica, California); Conway, Ocean Way Recording and The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California)
Length49:29
Label
Producer
Ally McBeal chronology
Songs from Ally McBeal
(1998) 		Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal
(1999) 		Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas
(2000)
Vonda Shepard chronology
By 7:30
(1999) 		Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal
(1999) 		Chinatown
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

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All tracks are produced by Vonda Shepard, except tracks 1, 2 and 10-12, produced by Shepard and Mitchell Froom.

Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Read Your Mind"Shepard
  • Froom
  • Shepard
4:10
2."100 Tears Away"
  • Shepard
  • Gordon
4:07
3."Someday We'll Be Together"
  • Beavers
  • Bristol
  • Fuqua
3:28
4."To Sir, with Love" (duet with Al Green)Don BlackMark London4:42
5."Sweet Inspiration"
  • Penn
  • Oldham
3:13
6."Crying"
  • Orbison
  • Melson
3:31
7."Vincent (Starry Starry Night)"Don McLeanMcLean2:36
8."What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
  • Dean
  • Riser
  • Weatherspoon
3:02
9."World Without Love"
  • Lennon
  • McCartney
2:55
10."Confetti"ShepardShepard3:25
11."Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow" (duet with Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls)Shepard
4:41
12."This Is Crazy Now"ShepardShepard3:35
13."This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)"
  • Moy
  • B. Holland
  • E. Holland
  • Dozier
2:46
14."I Know Him by Heart"
  • Williams
  • Vezner
3:18
Total length:49:29
Australian and Asian edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Hidden Persuasion"Wainwright Churchill III2:30
Total length:51:59

Personnel

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Musicians

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  • Vonda Shepherd – vocals, backing vocals (1-5, 10, 12), acoustic piano (2, 7, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (10)
  • Mitchell Froom – acoustic piano (1, 3), Hammond B3 organ (1, 3, 6, 11, 13), electric harpsichord (1), Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 5, 9), string arrangements (2, 6), clavinet (4), orchestra bells (6, 8), accordion (7), harmonium (9), Chamberlin (10), claviola (12), celesta (13)
  • Jeff Young – backing vocals (3, 5, 8), Wurlitzer electric piano (4), Hammond B3 organ (4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (5, 6, 8, 13)
  • Neil Larsen – acoustic piano (13)
  • Val McCallum – guitars (1-4, 8, 9, 13), additional guitars (6), backing vocals (8, 9), electric guitar (10), acoustic guitar (12)
  • Michael Landau – guitars (6, 11)
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (12)
  • Davey Faragher – bass (1-4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13)
  • Jimmy Haslip – bass (5)
  • Jim Hanson – bass (10)
  • Leland Sklar – bass (11, 12)
  • Pete Thomas – drums (1-4, 9-12), additional drums (6, 8), percussion (6, 8, 9, 11)
  • Mauricio "Fritz" Lewak – drums (5, 13)
  • Andy Kamman – drums (6, 8), additional drums (12), percussion (12)
  • Suzie Katayama – cello (2, 6)
  • Martin Tillman – cello (7)
  • Matt Funes – viola (2, 6)
  • Charlie Bisharat – violin (2, 6)
  • Joel Derouin – violin (2, 6)
  • Geraldo Hilera – violin (2, 6)
  • Edmund Stein – violin (2, 6)
  • Lynn Davis – backing vocals (3, 5)
  • Al Green – vocals (4)
  • Emily Saliers – vocals (11)
  • Renee Goldberry – backing vocals (13)
  • Vatrena King – backing vocals (13)
  • Sy Smith – backing vocals (13)

Production

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  • David E. Kelley – executive producer
  • Paul Dieter – recording
  • John Paterno – recording
  • Eddie DeLena, Nathaniel Kunkel and Josh Turner – additional recording
  • Rob Brill, Nathan Burden, Greg Burns, Jeff Burns, Greg Collins, Tony Flores, Lior Goldenberg, Sebastian Haimerl, Mark Johnson, John Nelson, Adam Samuels, Alan Sanderson, Mike Scotella, John Sorenson and John Tyree – assistant engineers
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing at Mix This! (Pacific Palisades, California)
  • David Boucher – mix assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
  • Gail Gellman, Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Kramer, Hellen Park, Malcolm Wiseman and Pamela Wisne – album and music coordination
  • Coco Shinomiya – album design
  • Pamela Springsteen – photography
  • Brett Freedman and Victor Vidal – hair stylists
  • Brett Freedman and Collier Strong – make-up
  • George Blodwell, Lynne Bugai and Ricci DeMartino – stylists

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[24] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[25] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[26] Gold 50,000^
Germany (BVMI)[27] Gold 150,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[28] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[29] Gold 7,500^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[30] Gold 25,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[31] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[32] Gold 40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[34] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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